K. H. Renlundin museo

About the museum

The K. H. Renlund Museum is named after Karl Herman Renlund (1850–1908), born in Kokkola, who bequeathed an art collection and other objects to his home town. The core of the collection is Finnish Golden Age art, such as works by Pekka Halonen, Albert Edelfelt and Magnus Enckell. The museum also serves as the Central Ostrobothnia provincial museum.

The museum quarter is in the old grid-plan area of Kokkola. Pedagogio was built as a school building in 1696 and is probably the oldest secular wooden building in an urban setting in Finland; the museum has used it since 1909. Roos House was built in 1813 by the merchant Anders Roos, and its upper floor held a ballroom where Emperor Alexander I was greeted in 1819. Lassander House is furnished as the home of an 18th-century merchant family.

The museum's collections include about 30,000 objects, 5,500 works of art and 350,000 photographs. The museum quarter is on Pitkänsillankatu, and other sites of the museum include the home of Fredrik and Anna Draken, Hakalax's Tolvmansgården, an English landing boat, the Tankari seal-hunting museum and the Lohtaja local heritage museum.

Highlights

• Roos House: Finnish Golden Age art and the life of the Roos merchant family
• Pedagogio from 1696, probably the oldest wooden building in an urban setting in Finland
• Lassander House as an 18th-century merchant's home
• Exhibition Hall and free admission to the museum quarter
• The home of Fredrik and Anna Draken, an English landing boat and the Tankari seal-hunting museum

Permanent exhibitions

• Rakastaa, ei rakasta – liikesuhteita ja seurapiiridraamaa 1800-luvun Kokkolassa – The renewed main exhibition at Roos House presents Golden Age art from Karl Herman Renlund's collection and glimpses of the life of the Roos family.
• Onni suosii rohkeaa – Pedagogio presents the colourful history of Kokkola through the stories of bold and enterprising Kokkola residents, using the museum's object, art and document collections.

Founded

1909

Operated by

Kokkolan kaupunki

Admission & discounts

Admission to Roos House costs €8 / €5. Admission to the Exhibition Hall, Lassander House and Pedagogio in the museum quarter is free. The Museokortti (Finnish Museum Card) is accepted. Kokkola's day-care and school services receive the museum's educational content free of charge.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator: not available
• Accessible restroom: not available
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The museum sites are old buildings without lifts, with thresholds, steps and narrow doors. The ground floor of Roos House (museum shop, changing exhibitions, toilet) can be reached by wheelchair, rollator or pram via a ramp through the yard from the Isokatu end, by ringing the doorbell; the toilet is not accessible. Guide dogs and assistance dogs are welcome.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

Roos House and the museum quarter are located in the centre of Kokkola.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Museum shop in Roos House, open during the museum's opening hours.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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